John Affleck (12 February 1710 – 17 February 1776) was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1743 and 1761.
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Affleck was the second and eldest surviving son of Gilbert Affleck of Dalham Hall, Suffolk and his wife Anna Dolben, daughter of John Dolben. [1] His younger brother was Sir Edmund Affleck, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Westminster School (1722), Christ Church, Oxford (1727) and studied law at the Inner Temple (1728). [2]
Gilbert Affleck, of Dalham Hall, Suffolk, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741.
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In 1743, Affleck was returned as Member of Parliament for Suffolk representing the constituency until 1761. Between 1767 and 1768, he sat also as Member of Parliament (MP) for Amersham. [2]
Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.
Amersham, often spelt as Agmondesham, was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc-vote system.
In 1736 Affleck married Sarah Metcalfe, only daughter of James Metcalfe, and had by her 3 sons. [1] In 1764 he succeeded his father to Dalham Hall, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
James Metcalfe of Roxton, Bedfordshire was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1730.
Dalham Hall is a Grade 2 listed country house and 3,300-acre (13 km2) estate, located in the village of Dalham, Suffolk, near Newmarket, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Bury St Edmunds.
